Zorin OS 17.1 has been released

johnlgalt · May 20, 2024

I hate to say it, but there are plenty of Windows fanbois who do the same.

This place (and its sister sites listed below) is very good at nipping fanboism in the bud and not allowing it to proliferate.

As a primary user of first Fedora Core (starting with v2) and then Gentoo, I also found folks like that - but I also found just as many people like we have here - folks like @Kari, @Bree, @OAT, @NavyLCDR, and countless others who actually know WTF they are talking about, and give you an answer without being bombastic about it.

If I hadn't, I probably wouldn't have continued to pursue using Gentoo (and a few derivatives of it) as long as I have.

The biggest thing I've found with Linus distros is that I rarely find something being advertised as working and it not work - unlike Windows.

The biggest reason I don't use it as a daily driver is that things that most decidedly don't work are the same things I need to have access to - like the plethora of PC Games that only run in Windows. Though, admittedly, that list is a lot smaller than it used to be, it's still there.

SlicEnDicE · May 21, 2024

Excuse me...but many Linux distributions are more stable than Windows. It's when you add a bunch of stuff in the wrong place, use latest dev releases of libraries and go manually configuring something that you don't have full comprehension about, that makes Linux come down crashing. Same happens with Windows though...

Please note, I am mainly a Windows user, because of certain apps and tools that does not exits on Linux. But in my experience I can go with a Linux distribution online for months and even years without having to reboot, while on Windows the longest I've gone is about 3-4months...then I had to reboot because everything was so slow. Windows has gotten a lot better in this aspect though...HUGELY better.

Neither OS is better...I use both...because each has their strengths and weaknesses. The gap is getting smaller though...so in the future you can use either and be happy as long as your hardware supports the OS.

cereberus · May 21, 2024

SlicEnDicE said:
Excuse me...but many Linux distributions are more stable than Windows. It's when you add a bunch of stuff in the wrong place, use latest dev releases of libraries and go manually configuring something that you don't have full comprehension about, that makes Linux come down crashing. Same happens with Windows though...

Please note, I am mainly a Windows user, because of certain apps and tools that does not exits on Linux. But in my experience I can go with a Linux distribution online for months and even years without having to reboot, while on Windows the longest I've gone is about 3-4months...then I had to reboot because everything was so slow. Windows has gotten a lot better in this aspect though...HUGELY better.

Neither OS is better...I use both...because each has their strengths and weaknesses. The gap is getting smaller though...so in the future you can use either and be happy as long as your hardware supports the OS.

Yeah the gap is now 2.99 light years rather than 3 light years.

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The Pool Man · May 24, 2024

andrew129260 said:
I have had decent success with ubuntu and zorin, but when there is an issue, which def happens more than windows, it's a pain in the you know what to fix. And yes the community is very "off" compared to windows forums which are usually very helpful.

This is the most helpful forum of anything I've ever seen

jimbo45 · May 25, 2024

If you want Linux use a sensible distro - Main ones -- Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE, either as a bootable live option, or as a VM, or using the Linux subsystem for Window, or on a separate partition. As a GUI desktop any of those can have Linux Mint, KDE, or GNOME as good easy to use Windows like desktops.

Things like Zorin OS just confuse even experienced Linux users and probably would put "newbies" off for life.

The sensible option IMO is from Windows is to install Linux as a VM and then you can play with it to your hearts content -- also with VM's you can run different distros concurrently so you can compare to choose what you like -- and if you hose it all up just delete the VM and start again --no harm done or windows system corrupted.

cheers
jimbo